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"'Steve Biddulph should be in the UK what he is in Australia, the household name in the business of raising boys and being a man' Dorothy Rowe, psychologist and writer"
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A clear and practical road map for men wanting to enrich their lives, and for parents wanting the best future for their sons
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47 of 48 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The mens movement has received some bad press in the last few years. In this inspiring book, Steve Biddulph shows how vital and relevant the movement is to the future of all men, and to the future of the planet as a whole.
Biddulph lays out a clear path for men to follow that will lead them to greater understanding of themselves and their journey through life. In 'Seven Steps to Manhood', he offers a blueprint for improvement: Fixing it with your father, Meeting your partner on equal terms, Engaging actively with your kids, and so on. He then goes in to more detail on each idea, one chapter at a time.
The chapters are flushed out with real life stories, quotes from mens groups, myths and legends, humour and tragedy. He quickly establishes that he is not anti-feminist, rather that feminism on its own is not enough. You cannot liberate half of human beings. Most women, he argues, welcome a mens movement because women like the saner, happier and more involved men that it produces.
His main argument rests on the fact that boys in modern industrial society hardly see their dads. Boys are brought up at home by their mothers, or at kindergarten and primary school by women. Even well-meaning fathers often play only minor roles in the young man's life. As a result, boys grow up with few good role models and little strong male guidance. They base their image of men on Hollywood heroes and pop icons, with disastrous results. Boys need proper fathering and male mentoring, and this needs to continue as they move into life, work and fathering of their own.
If you're a man between the ages of 18 and 80, this book may well give you some perspective on the challenges you face in life, and some of the places to find help when life becomes difficult. And women will probably find it intersting, too.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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This book highlights the extent to which men have been conditioned to pretend and mask their emotions. Although slightly New Agey, I cannot recommend it enough to men AND women. I feel that I understand men 100% more and this can only be a good thing. They respond to a warm and caring approach and need to feel that crying is a perfectly natural and liberating experience for any human being. Another important message that came across is that today's boys are horrendously underfathered and need to spend time with good male role models in order to enjoy a fulfilling life and develop into healthy men.
Other topics include the treadmill of work (burn your tie!), relating to women and the need to make peace with your father.
Essential reading if you want to understand the male psyche and improve yourself.
31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
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I came to this book via another of Steve Biddulph's books, RAISING BOYS, which is wonderfully insightful and directly helpful. MANHOOD is similarly practical in its advice and understanding of problems that men don't talk about. Written in a direct style - no obscurantist academedician or mystic New Age talk here - this book has opened my eyes to things I should have liked to have understood half a century ago when it would have helped me see the good in my own father and the difficulties he coped with. It's a bit late now for that but I hope it'll help me, and them, in sharing life experiences with my own three sons - and the women in their lives. To use that well-worn expression, I cannot recommend MANHOOD too highly.
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excellent for a mother of boys!
As a teacher in a behaviour unit and a mother to four different boys, I found this book very interesting & insightful. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mrs. F. E. A. Akinde
Manhood review
A very interesting read that left me with many positive feelings but also some negatives. It does drill home that you are in control of your relationships and can make things... Read more
Published 17 months ago by marki
Finding Their Place
This is a book about men finding their place in this changing world. A place to be recognised, shared, healed and loved. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Peter I. Xie
every man's (and woman's) must-read
it's the kind of a book that can change your life. if you want it to.
Published 22 months ago by kationok
great
This book is great, as a family we have learnt much and now practise positive parenting
Published on 12 Mar 2010 by B. Mcneill
Required reading
I bought this because I heard some quotations from it. It's simple but compelling. We seem to have lost sight of some fundamentals in our Society; I think that reading this will... Read more
Published on 11 Oct 2009 by sutur
A very helpful book for any man (or woman!)
I read this book 10 years ago and just read it again. The context hasn't changed, if anything the situation for many men has not improved at all. Read more
Published on 21 May 2009 by J. P. Webb
Not just for men!
This book could be entitled "Blokes - an owner's manual." It's a really enlightening book for women too. I'm a mother and wife and found it really insightful and inspiring. Read more
Published on 10 Oct 2008 by H. Grant
I was glad when it was over
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder; I guess there is a literary equivalent too. If I hadn't bought this book, I would have given up a lot earlier. Sorry. Read more
Published on 31 Jan 2006 by Mr. S. P. Mudie
Manhood
I bought this book for my husband and he made me buy 5 more copies to give to his friends and our son. The cover is naff and doesn't suggest its content. Read more
Published on 22 Mar 2005 by "amandaasmadasahatter2"
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